People Ex Rel. Department of Public Works v. Glen Arms Estate, Inc.

In this eminent domain proceeding brought to acquire certain real property for state highway purposes, defendant owner appeals from a judgment entered upon a jury verdict awarding compensation in the sum of $55,000 together with severance damages in the sum of $2,500. We are called upon to determine two questions: (1) Whether the trial court erred in excluding from evidence the appraisal report of the state’s employee Nowieki on the ground that it was protected by the attorney-client privilege; and (2) whether the court erred in excluding from evidence certain statements of the state’s…